2024 BRFSS Survey Results: Eastern North Carolina

Other Tobacco Use

Currently, when you smoke cigarettes, do you usually smoke menthol cigarettes?*

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  Total
Respond.^
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 357 154 46.5 40.2-52.9 203 53.5 47.1-59.8
Eastern NC 113 *** *** *** *** *** ***
GENDER
Male 60 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Female 53 *** *** *** *** *** ***
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 61 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Non-Hispanic Black 27 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other 23 *** *** *** *** *** ***
AGE
18-34 18 *** *** *** *** *** ***
35-44 12 *** *** *** *** *** ***
45-54 15 *** *** *** *** *** ***
55-64 33 *** *** *** *** *** ***
65-74 24 *** *** *** *** *** ***
75+ 9 *** *** *** *** *** ***
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 19 *** *** *** *** *** ***
H.S. or G.E.D. 44 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Some Post-H.S. 35 *** *** *** *** *** ***
College Graduate 14 *** *** *** *** *** ***
FUNCTIONAL DISABILITY
Yes 46 *** *** *** *** *** ***
No 65 *** *** *** *** *** ***
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 21 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Non-Veteran 92 *** *** *** *** *** ***
EMPLOYMENT STATUS
Employed or Self-Employed 47 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Unemployed 9 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Retired 33 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Unable to Work 16 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other not in Labor Force 7 *** *** *** *** *** ***
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 11 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$15,000- 24,999 16 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$25,000- 34,999 9 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$35,000- 49,999 16 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$50,000- 74,999 13 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$75,000+ 23 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 25 *** *** *** *** *** ***
POVERTY LEVEL2
Less than 50% 5 *** *** *** *** *** ***
50% to 100% 14 *** *** *** *** *** ***
101% to 150% 19 *** *** *** *** *** ***
151% to 200% 6 *** *** *** *** *** ***
More than 200% 42 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 25 *** *** *** *** *** ***
HOUSING
Own 62 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Rent 35 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other arrangement 15 *** *** *** *** *** ***
RURAL-URBAN RESIDENT1
Urban 3 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Regional City or Suburban County 38 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Rural 72 *** *** *** *** *** ***
NC DEPT OF COMMERCE COUNTY TIER3
Most Distressed Counties (Tier 1) 80 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Less Distressed Counties (Tier 2) 12 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Least Distressed Counties (Tier 3) 21 *** *** *** *** *** ***
CDC SOCIAL VULNERABILITY INDEX4
1st Quartile - Least Vulnerable 10 *** *** *** *** *** ***
2nd Quartile 21 *** *** *** *** *** ***
3rd Quartile 44 *** *** *** *** *** ***
4th Quartile - Most Vulnerable 38 *** *** *** *** *** ***

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*Asked of respondents who answered to a previous question that they smoke cigarettes every day or some days.

PLEASE NOTE: Due to changes in the weighting methodology and other factors, results from 2024 are NOT comparable to 2010
and earlier years.

***The estimate was suppressed because it did not meet statistical reliability standards. See BRFSS 2024 Annual Results Technical Notes for more details.

1Based on U.S Census Bureau population estimates at the county level. Please see the BRFSS 2024 Annual Results Technical Notes for details.

2Based on 2024 U.S Census Bureau poverty threshold incomes. Please see the BRFSS 2024 Annual Results Technical Notes for details.

3NC Dept. of Commerce County Tier Classification, based on respondent’s county of residence.
Please see the BRFSS 2024 Annual Results Technical Notes for details.

4Quartile of Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Social Vulnerability Index
(https://www.atsdr.cdc.gov/placeandhealth/svi/index.html) for respondent’s county of residence.
Please see the BRFSS 2024 Annual Results Technical Notes for details.

^Use caution in interpreting cell sizes less than 50, % = Percentage, C.I.(95%) = Confidence Interval (at 95 percent probability level).
Percentages are weighted to population characteristics and therefore cannot be calculated exactly from the numbers in this table.

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